Developing SQL Databases

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Design tables and schemas based on business requirements, improve the design of tables by using normalization, write
table create statements, determine the most efficient data types to use

Design and implement indexes

Design new indexes based on provided tables, queries, or plans; distinguish between indexed columns and included
columns; implement clustered index columns by using best practices; recommend new indexes based on query plans

Design and implement views

Design a view structure to select data based on user or business requirements, identify the steps necessary to design
an updateable view, implement partitioned views, implement indexed views

Implement columnstore indexes

Determine use cases that support the use of columnstore indexes, identify proper usage of clustered and non-clustered
columnstore indexes, design standard non-clustered indexes in conjunction with clustered columnstore indexes, implement
columnstore index maintenance

Design trigger logic based on business requirements; determine when to use Data Manipulation Language (DML) triggers,
Data Definition Language (DDL) triggers, or logon triggers; recognize results based on execution of AFTER or INSTEAD
OF triggers; design scalar-valued and table-valued user-defined functions based on business requirements; identify
differences between deterministic and non-deterministic functions

Identify DML statement results based on transaction behavior, recognize differences between and identify usage of
explicit and implicit transactions, implement savepoints within transactions, determine the role of transactions
in high-concurrency databases

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Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-762—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills for building and implementing
databases across organizations. Designed for database professionals who build and implement databases across organizations
and who ensure high levels of data availability, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making
acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.

Who should take this exam?

This exam is intended for database professionals who build and implement databases across organizations and who ensure
high levels of data availability. Their responsibilities include creating database files, data types, and tables; planning,
creating, and optimizing indexes; ensuring data integrity; implementing views, stored procedures, and functions; and
managing transactions and locks.

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